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these are going to be my first couple of upgrades. i will most likely get the AP and Boost gauge together. flash to stage 1 and drive it for a bit while saving more toy money for the DP and once i get the DP i will head over to AMS and get the car tuned. i think the AP would be good to have regardless since it also has other functions

You're getting the hang of this. Just got your order a little...out of order.

Wait for the protune until you're ready to install the down pipe. Stock with a protune is not going to get you where you want to be. The down pipe is the key. Buy one, install it, IMMEDIATELY flash to the off-the-shelf stage 2 map, then drive to your favorite tuner, at your convenience, and let him have at it.

You're getting the hang of this. Just got your order a little...out of order.

Wait for the protune until you're ready to install the down pipe. Stock with a protune is not going to get you where you want to be. The down pipe is the key. Buy one, install it, IMMEDIATELY flash to the off-the-shelf stage 2 map, then drive to your favorite tuner, at your convenience, and let him have at it.

hard to tell buy i painted my calipers red and smoked my lights, i also just ordered a turbo smart 52mm boost guage and smy cluster maker dual guage pod! so im pretty excited for that to come. ill then be ordering the AP in about a week or two and flashing a stage 1 map for a while before i order a dp and get a tune!

BTW i was at a carshow yesterday and someone backed into my car when i was away from it damage isnt bad a but a little scuff and crack in my paint..

Congrats on the car man. I picked up my first subie (2011) on 1 July. Ordered AP the same day along with Kartboy SS. I didn't see it in your list of mods but I highly recommend it as the stock shifter is crazy tall. I combined it with a Cobb Knob and its a nice throw and feel now.

Congrats on the car man. I picked up my first subie (2011) on 1 July. Ordered AP the same day along with Kartboy SS. I didn't see it in your list of mods but I highly recommend it as the stock shifter is crazy tall. I combined it with a Cobb Knob and its a nice throw and feel now.

ya i forgot to mention that the car does have a short shifter and actually a cobb knobb as well lol

i will be ordering the AP within the next week or so and then ill start saving for my down pipe

ok guys so i installed my smy cluster maker (only have 1 guage (boost) atm though) for now anyways and purchased a used cobb AP newest version unmarried from a user on the forums thats on its way should be here thursday

so i knowwww people advised me its not worth it and harp on me if you wish but i reallly desire the sound that an intake will give my car and i want this to be my next purchase before my DP.

car has 25000 on it and came with an invidia cat back (which is single not dual) exhaust which i dont prefer but owell. also came with rally armor mud flaps hids and green fog lights, so basically car is bone stock

just a nitpick but it's not "bone stock"... that means nothing has been modified at all.

I would definitely pass on any cai unless you are going big turbo/E-85. Id rather take the $275 of the Intake and buy a 255lph fuel pump and a used Downpipe (depending on brand can run from $150-350 for a good one). You can do an E tune and flash your car through your AP on a torqued performance tune or a Clark Turner tune.

The fuel pump is roughly $80 and will allow your tuner to squeeze out a little bit more power without overwhelming your fuel system. And then If you decide to step up to bigger injectors and an even bigger fuel pump to run E-85, then id consider a cai.

I would definitely pass on any cai unless you are going big turbo/E-85. Id rather take the $275 of the Intake and buy a 255lph fuel pump and a used Downpipe (depending on brand can run from $150-350 for a good one). You can do an E tune and flash your car through your AP on a torqued performance tune or a Clark Turner tune.

The fuel pump is roughly $80 and will allow your tuner to squeeze out a little bit more power without overwhelming your fuel system. And then If you decide to step up to bigger injectors and an even bigger fuel pump to run E-85, then id consider a cai.

gotchya man, well i just recieve my AP today and flashed to stage 1, theres def a differance and im happy with it.

and IF you had the extra cash, because i will be purchasing a DP sooner than later, then would you get a CAI? my original plan was to get AP go stage one the get a a DP followed by running cobbs stage 2 for a bit THEN getting a protune since im about 30 mins from a solid shop (ams) but i worked some over time last week and came into some more cash than i normally would so i want to splurge on an intake just because i love the sound

gotchya man, well i just recieve my AP today and flashed to stage 1, theres def a differance and im happy with it. and IF you had the extra cash, because i will be purchasing a DP sooner than later, then would you get a CAI? my original plan was to get AP go stage one the get a a DP followed by running cobbs stage 2 for a bit THEN getting a protune since im about 30 mins from a solid shop (ams) but i worked some over time last week and came into some more cash than i normally would so i want to splurge on an intake just because i love the sound

If I had extra cash I'd rather do suspension work. To pay $200+ dollars for noise you will get tired of is a waste. IN MY OPINION, of course. In the end it's your money. But since 90% of the forum has the same mentality regarding intakes, it's definitely something to consider that we might have some validity to our train of thought.

The best mod you can do as far as best bang for your buck is the driver mod. I don't know about any local tracks around you, but I'm pretty sure within a few hours from your location you can find a local track that might have a driving school.

There is one a few hours from me that for $250, you get 4 lessons. The first is a 4 hour class. Second is a ride along with instructor. Third is hot laps with you driving and the instructor in your passenger seat. Fourth is you alone for a few hot laps.

If I had extra cash I'd rather do suspension work. To pay $200+ dollars for noise you will get tired of is a waste. IN MY OPINION, of course. In the end it's your money. But since 90% of the forum has the same mentality regarding intakes, it's definitely something to consider that we might have some validity to our train of thought.

The best mod you can do as far as best bang for your buck is the driver mod. I don't know about any local tracks around you, but I'm pretty sure within a few hours from your location you can find a local track that might have a driving school.

There is one a few hours from me that for $250, you get 4 lessons. The first is a 4 hour class. Second is a ride along with instructor. Third is hot laps with you driving and the instructor in your passenger seat. Fourth is you alone for a few hot laps.

Depending on how long you plan on going stage 1, I will recommend going with a torqued performance e-tune. It's only 85$ or you can buy the stage 1 & 2 package for 145$!

I got mine the other day. I thought I was happy with the Cobb AP OTS Stage 1 tune until I loaded Eric's tune! It's so much stronger and brutal than the AP tune. It only took 2 revisions for Eric to get it perfect. When you purchase you will be given a link to download the zip. It will contain a tune for your model WRX. He will have a different AP tune for every type of intake which is extremely nice if you decide to switch up later. Once you load your tune you run a log on your AP (3rd gear pull from 2500 RPM to 6500 RPM, WOT. Send the log to Eric and he will overlook it and make any adjustments needed for fineknock sensor, boost, etc. He will keep working with it until he feels it is a nice, safe tune.

He would have a new revision for me about an hour or two in the evening after sending him the log file.

Depending on how long you plan on going stage 1, I will recommend going with a torqued performance e-tune. It's only 85$ or you can buy the stage 1 & 2 package for 145$!

I got mine the other day. I thought I was happy with the Cobb AP OTS Stage 1 tune until I loaded Eric's tune! It's so much stronger and brutal than the AP tune. It only took 2 revisions for Eric to get it perfect. When you purchase you will be given a link to download the zip. It will contain a tune for your model WRX. He will have a different AP tune for every type of intake which is extremely nice if you decide to switch up later. Once you load your tune you run a log on your AP (3rd gear pull from 2500 RPM to 6500 RPM, WOT. Send the log to Eric and he will overlook it and make any adjustments needed for fineknock sensor, boost, etc. He will keep working with it until he feels it is a nice, safe tune.

He would have a new revision for me about an hour or two in the evening after sending him the log file.

I've been looking into this lately, but I've heard he mainly only tunes WRX's. Does he tune STi's too?